Airtel’s mobile operating licence pending renewal – NCC

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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja –

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said on Sunday the operating licence of Airtel Nigeria, one of the leading GSM network operators in Nigeria, was still pending approval.

In a statement by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the NCC said that while Airtel Nigeria had applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service (UASL) Licence granted to it by the Commission, “the application is yet to be approved as it is still undergoing required regulatory process.”

Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta

The NCC was reacting to a recent statement on an online publication (not NATIONAL ACCORD) credited to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Office of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya, to the effect that the mobile operating licence of Airtel has been renewed by the Commission for another period of 10 years.

Ogunsanya was said to have made the statement while speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, July 14, 202, during the media launch of Airtel’s corporate social responsibility programme, ‘Touching Lives 6’.

Dr. Adinde explained that the clarification through his statement was issued “for the guidance of our stakeholders.”

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